Improvement in soap-dishes and brush-racks



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOA'P-DISHES AND BRUSH-RACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 108,765. dated November1, 1870.

the invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section (in av vertical longitudinaldirection) of the same.

The nature of my invention consists in a combination of a brush rack orholderwith a soap-dish in such a manner that the soap and brushes can bekept separate, and each may bein a position for ready use, the object ofthis invention being to supply a long-needed article, which willdispense with the necessity of using two distinct and separate articleswhich are indispensable for holding the said soap and brushes as theyhave heretofore been held.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe it in reference to the drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, the same letters indicating like parts.

The drawings represent the invention, which I prefer to construct ofglass or earthenware, and consists of the soap-receptacle A, which maybe made of any suitable form, and the brush receptacle or rack B. Thesaid receptacle B rises up from near one end of the base of the articleon an incline, as shown in the drawings, in such a manner that thebrushes will be kept separate from the soap, and will also be capable ofsupporting each brush on its handled end-in an inclined position. Tokeep the brushes separate from each other when several are placedtherein, I run one or' more partitions, a a, from the top to the bottomofthe receptable B, as shown,whereby several separate divisions, b b,may be made, each to receive a single brush or other appropriatearticle. Should it be intended that each such division b b shall beoccupied by brushes similar to each other, I would number each division,as l 2 3, as shown in Fig. 1which numbering would enable one or severalpersons to designate a particular brush, provided care be taken toreplace the brushes properly in their particular and designateddivisions.

I ,do not coniine myself to any particular form or size of thereceptacle B, or to its eX- aot position, or to the relative sizes ornumber of the divisions b b the said receptacle B is made to contain, asfancy or special use might suggest modification of some of the partsvarying from that shown in thedrawings.

By Iny invention the use of this single article will dispense with atleast two separate articles which are now necessary to be used to holdsoap and brushes, and will always present a neat appearance, and keepboth the soap and brushes in readiness for use.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to 'secure byLetters Patent,

isv The combination' of the receptacle B with the soap-receptacle A,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

